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Definition

Is the process in which one plate is pushed downward beneath another plate into the underlying mantle when plates move towards each other

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Interesting Facts

Earthquakes result when subduction plates move in jerksForms an Oceanic Trench

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More Interesting FactsSubduction of the Lithosphere contributes to therecycling to ouratmosphereThe Mid-AtlanticRidge is a famous location

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Cool Info

Something that gives rise to the Cascade Volcanoes of California is the subduction of the Pacific Northwest

Occurs when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate

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More Info

Produces Intense friction and scrapes sediment from the oceanic crust

Subduction iswhere two lithospheric plates come together

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Sources

http://marin.edu/~jim/ring/rsubd.htmlhttp://library.thinkquest.org/17457/platetectonics/5.phphttp://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/interior/subduction.html